The masses of the two moons are determined to be 2M2M for Moon AA and MM for Moon BB . It is observed that the distance between
2 answers:
Answer:
F_A = 8 F_B
Explanation:
The force exerted by the planet on each moon is given by the law of universal gravitation
F =
where M is the mass of the planet, m the mass of the moon and r the distance between its centers
let's apply this equation to our case
Moon A
the distance between the planet and the moon A is r and the mass of the moon is 2m
F_A = G \frac{2m M}{r^{2} }
Moon B
F_B = G \frac{m M}{(2r)^{2} }
F_B = G \frac{m M}{4 r^{2} }
the relationship between these forces is
F_B / F_A = = 1/8
F_A = 8 F_B
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Answer:
103239.89 days
Explanation:
Kepler's third law states that the square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit.
a³ / T² = 7.496 × 10⁻⁶ (a.u.³/days²)
where,
a is the distance of the semi-major axis in a.u
T is the orbit time in days
Converting the mean distance of the new planet to astronomical unit (a.u.)
1 a.u = 9.296 × 10⁷ miles
Substituting the values into Kepler's third law equation;
(days)²
T = 103239.89 days
An estimate time T for the new planet to travel around the sun in an orbit is 103239.89 days